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 | Federer against Nole the semifinals in Shanghai15-10-2010 |
Seeded 3 in the main draw of the tournament and former world No 1 Roger Federer beat Robin Soderling easily and qualified for the semifinals of the Masters 1000 in Shanghai, where he will play with Serb Novak Djokovic.
In the first set Federer samples three times to serve his rival from Sweden and won the set for 29 minutes. The second set was four minutes short, and again finished with the same result - 6:1, for the Swiss maestro.
"It developed very quickly," said Federer, who came to China without his wife. "In the beginning was a bit difficult but I managed to drill and no match was tough for him. I know that does not play his best level but I also know that I made a great match. "
On Saturday, Federer will play a semifinal against Novak Djokovic. They will play their third semifinal in the last two months - Federer won the first semifinal in Toronto, but the U.S. Open and he had two match-Bolla against Djokovic, but eventually beat Serbian tennis player.
A possible victory over Federer on Saturday, Djokovic will close up to his 18th victory in Masters tournaments and the alignment of record Spaniard Rafael Nadal. But tomorrow's match is expected to be very difficult because Djokovic, according to his own admission, "feels superdobre..."
Briton Andy Murray won a relatively easy victory against French tennis player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, with 6:2 and 6:2 and showed that the sport regained form.
"Today was a beautiful day, sunny and good conditions to play," said Murray, who in the semifinals will meet Argentina's Juan Monaco.